FW: [Cacs] TransCanada conference: final invitation for proposals

Fri Oct 8 11:08:17 EDT 2004

I don't believe I've seen this on CANDRAMA. It sounds like a really
interesting conference that I hope we have some representation at!

Marlene

Marlene Moser
Director and Assistant Professor, Department of Dramatic Arts
School of Fine and Performing Arts
Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, L2S 3A1
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Subject: Re: [Cacs] TransCanada conference: final invitation for
proposals

Please forgive my oversight in the prior message; the deadline for
Canadianist
Scholars' proposals is the same as that for Doctoral Students', 20 Oct.
2004.

-mark mccutcheon

Quoting mccutche at uoguelph.ca:

> Please post the following final invitation for faculty and doctoral
student
> research proposals to be part of TransCanada: Literature, Institutions,
> Citizenship.
> ---
> ATTN: Canadianist Scholars
>
> Thanks to those of you who have already responded to the first invitation
for
> contributions to TransCanada: Literature, Institutions, Citizenship. This
is
> a
> final invitation for proposals to be submitted in one of the major
sections
> of
> this conference: the research cells.
>
> TransCanada: Literature, Institutions, Citizenship is a major conference
to
> be
> held on June 23-26, 2005, at the Wosk Centre for Dialogue, Vancouver.
Keynote
> speakers will be Diana Brydon (UWO) and Daniel Coleman (McMaster);
> respondents
> to keynote speakers will be Rinaldo Walcott (York U) and Peter Dickinson
> (UBC),
> respectively.
>
> TransCanada is being designed in innovative, future-oriented ways. Its
> primary
> goal is to generate rigorous discussion of the study of Canadian
literature
> as
> a field that is produced in the context of globalizing processes and
critical
> methodologies but also in that of national institutional structures such
as
> the
> Humanities, the cultural industries, curricula, and anthologies.
>
> We believe that Canada has reached now yet another turning point, trying
as
> it
> is to negotiate its multicultural phase of the last two decades with the
> pressures of globalization. While the unraveling of the nations coherence
> may
> have resulted in a loss of purpose, this loss is not to be lamented.
Instead,
> we see this turning point as representing a critical moment that invites a
> complete rethinking of the disciplinary and institutional frameworks
within
> which Canadian literature is produced, disseminated, studied and taught.
> Fully
> acknowledging the importance of what has been accomplished over Canadian
> literatures relatively short history, this conference will take the form
of
> a
> structured forum that will foster rigorous critical dialogue which will
> hopefully not stop at the level of debate. Instead, it will articulate a
> loose
> collective of scholars that will pursue future research
plans--collaborative
> as
> well as individual--about the production, study and teaching of Canadian
> literature. There has as yet been no national meeting of all scholars
working
> in Canadian literatures; this promises to be an immensely important,
unifying
> occasion.
>
> TransCanada is not conceived in revisionist terms, nor is it a rejection
of
> Canadian literatures institutional history or triggered by anxiety over
the
> loss of the margin. Rather, TransCanada intends to bring to light the
> incommensurable aspects of the study of Canadian literature as praxis in
> Canada. Therefore, this critical dialogue is deliberately structured in
ways
> that are responsive to the critical juncture at which we believe the study
of
> Canadian literature has arrived, beyond the troubled legacy of
nationalism,
> the
> domestication of the postcolonial, and an acquiescent engagement with
> globalization.
>
> Various elements make this conference particularly innovative. First, we
are
> inviting the participation of colleagues pursuing interdisciplinary
research
> in
> the areas of Canadian literature and culture. Our goal is to see each
> postsecondary institution in Canada where Canadian literature is studied
> represented by at least one scholar. TransCanadas program will consist of
> rigorous dialogues--position and response papers--and collaborative
research
> cells on future research directions, plans, and collaborations. It will
also
> include a plenary session where the research of doctoral students pursuing
> interdisciplinary research in Canadian literature will be featured. The
> program
> will also include research cells, sessions addressing each one of the
three
> central themes--Literature, Institutions, Citizenship--intended to give
> participants the opportunity for intense critical dialogue and for future
> collaboration. These cells will set in motion ways in which the links and
> interactions to be established in Vancouver will be pursued in its second
> phase
> (a smaller-scale event to take place at the University of Guelph in
> 2006--details TBA), as well as in future events that we will plan but
which
> we
> also hope some of you would be interested in coordinating and developing.
> This
> second phase is intended to give more concrete shape and direction to
> research
> ideas and projects that will emerge at TransCanada. Let us make clear that
> our
> intention is not to centralize, let alone homogenize, research on the
study
> of
> Canadian literature; rather, in light of the various changes that our
> discipline and our institutions (universities, SSHRC, etc.) are undergoing
> these days, we hope that a loosely operating collective of Canadianists
would
> establish a consistent and ongoing dialogue--beyond our dialoguing with
each
> other through our printed words. Two publishers have already indicated
> interest
> in publishing some of the research results that we hope will emerge in due
> time
> from this event.
>
> Given the dialogue structure of the conference, most of those present will
be
> active participants as presenters of position papers, reporters on what
> transpires in individual sessions, animators, readers / performers,
dialogue
> participants.
>
> In the hope that you would like to join us in this critical dialogue, we
> invite
> you to submit a one-page (single-spaced) proposal on an interdisciplinary
> research project that addresses one of the three foci of the research
cells;
> please email your proposal to englweb at uoguelph.ca. For more information on
> the
> research cells or the conference in general, please see our web site,
> www.transcanadas.ca.
>
> Please feel free to distribute this call for research proposals as widely
as
> possible among regular scholars and any of your graduate students who
might
> be
> interested. We hope to be in a position to subsidize the participation of
> about
> 20 graduate students.
>
> Thank you for considering this invitation, and for your interest in this
> event.
>
> The Co-organizers:
> Smaro Kamboureli (U of Guelph) and Roy Miki (SFU)
>
> Committee Members:
> David Chariandy, Jeff Derksen, Sophie McCall, and Kathy Mezei (all
faculty,
> SFU); Alessandra Capperdoni (Ph.D. Candidate, SFU); Mark McCutcheon (Ph.D.
> Candidate, U of Guelph)
>
> ---
>
> ATTN: Canadianist Doctoral Students
>
> Invitation for Doctoral Students to Participate in
>
> TransCanada
> Literature, Institutions, Citizenship
> June 23-26, 2005
> The Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue
> Vancouver, B.C.
>
> This interdisciplinary conference investigates the study of Canadian
> literature
> as a field produced in the context of globalizing  processes and critical
> methodologies, but also in that of institutional structures such as the
> Humanities, the cultural industries, curricula and anthologies. Designed
in
> innovative ways, TransCanada intends to bring to light the incommensurable
> aspects of the production, study and teaching of Canadian literature as
> praxis
> in Canada and overseas. Structured as an intensive, critical dialogue, and
> intended to facilitate future research collaboration, TransCanada responds
to
> the critical juncture we believe the study of Canadian literature is at:
> beyond
> the troubled legacy of nationalism, the domestication of the postcolonial,
> and
> an acquiescent engagement with globalization.
>
> We wish to invite the participation of doctoral students in a Plenary
Session
> especially designed for the presentation of students research projects.
We
> are
> interested in proposals by doctoral students who are nearing completion of
> their
> program and will be seeking employment in the near future, and are
pursuing
> interdisciplinary studies of Canadian literature and/or culture that
relate
> to
> the mandate of the conference. Five projects will be featured for
> presentation
> and discussion in a plenary session dedicated to doctoral students
research,
> while twenty projects will be selected for poster presentation at the
> conference site. As well, we are inviting student submissions for
inclusion
> in
> the Research Cell sessions (see below). All of these proposals will also
be
> featured online. For more details about the focus and structure of this
> event,
> please check TransCanadas web site, www.transcanadas.ca.
>
> The large number of scholars to gather at this conference will afford a
great
> opportunity for graduate students to interact with recognized figures in
> their
> field, receive critical feedback on their projects, engage in dialogue
about
> the future of the profession, and establish links for future research
> collaboration.
>
> Please submit, by 20 October 2004, a 500-word summary of your dissertation
> project, a 100-word paragraph stating how you expect your participation in
> TransCanada to benefit your work and professional development, and a
request
> for financial support to participate in TransCanada, if you have no other
> source of funding (limited financial support is available). Please email
your
> submission to englweb at uoguelph.ca.
>
>
> RESEARCH CELLS
>
> The objective of the Research Cell sessions is threefold: to initiate
intense
> and well-focused discussion on the issues central to this conference; to
> create
> a loosely operating collective of scholars whose research endeavors will
be
> informed by critical dialogue as praxis; and to foster productive links
among
> individual scholars and between existing group of scholars that will, in
> turn,
> invigorate critical dialogue and give direction and concrete shape to
> individual and collaborative research endeavors.
>
> Participants are invited to submit one-page (single spaced)
interdisciplinary
> proposals, with a clear methodological statement, that address one of the
> Research Cell topics listed below. Submissions should also include the
> following information: your name and institutional affiliation; your
category
> as scholar (student, postdoctoral fellow, employed academic); and an
> indication
> of your interest to join any of the collaborative cells to be formed at
the
> conference site or shortly thereafter.
>
> Research Cells on Literature
> Anthologies, Curricula, Literary Texts: The Cultural and Textual Politics
of
> Teaching Canadian Literature; Canadian Literature and the Politics of
> Representation Today; Canadian Literature as an Institution; Globalization
> and
> Canadian Literature; Canadian Literature: Area Studies? Cultural Studies?
> National Studies?; Canadian Literature: Commodification & Cultural and/or
> Global Capital; Canadian Literature and Interdisciplinarity
>
> Research Cells on Institutions
> Institutional Structures and Research Agendas: The Ethics and Politics of
> Academic Agency; Accountability: Negotiating Personal, Pedagogical, and
> Institutional Responsibilities; Academics as / or  Public Intellectuals;
> Canadianists and the Humanities; Institutional Structures and the Study
and
> Teaching of Canadian Literature; Canadian Literature: Literary Prizes,
> Best-sellers and the Media; Global Capital, the Nation-state and National
> Literature; The University Today: Between the State, the Citizens and
> Corporate
> Logic
>
> Research Cells on Citizenship
> Cultural Sovereignty in Global Times; Citizenship and / in Literature:
> Diasporic
> Subjects, Insurgent Identities, Postcoloniality; Aboriginality and
> Citizenship;
> Intellectual Work and Citizenship; Beyond National Citizenship?; The
Academic
> as Citizen
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